Mitten-pressing machine.



\ PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908. R. S. LEWIS. MIT'TBN PRBSSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1907.

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RANSOM S. LEWIS, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

MITTEN-PRESSING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1907.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Serial No. 382,099.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANsoM S. LEWIS, a citlzen of United States,residing at Omaha,

braska, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements inMitten-Pressing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pressing machines, and has forits object the provision of a device designed particularly for theshaping and forming of woolen and cloth mittens which shall be simpleand durable in construction, shall perform its functions in asatisfactory manner, and which shall be practical and efficient in everyparticular.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device for shapingarticles of apparel which shall perform the pressing operation in butthe one motion, and which may be operated either by hand or power withthe expenditure of but slight energy.

\Vith these and other objects in view, my invention consists of a formerover which the article to be shaped is placed, and shaper rolls whichare adapted to engage both sides of the former.

My invention further consists of a shaping and pressing machineembodying certain other novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts substantially as disclosed herein and asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved pressing machine. Fig. 2,is a plan view of the reciprocating presser frame with parts broken awayto illustrate the manner in which the rolls are adjustably ournaled inthe frame. Fig. 3, is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 4, is anend elevation of one of the ressing standards showing the mounting terefor, and Fig. 5, is a detail view of the reciprocating crank pin.

After the cloth or woolen mittens have been made on the sewing machineor knitting machine, they are then in the rough and are not properlyformed, shaped or -straightened out, so that after leaving the sewing orknitting machine, it is necessary to press and shape the mittens.Formerly this work of pressing and shaping has been done by hand, atbest a tedious and slow process, but by the aid of my improved machine,the work is ac- -in the county of Douglas and State of N e- I complishedby mechanical means with a great saving of time and labor.

In the drawings: the numeral 1, designates the base or wall plate of themachine *which is secured in an u right position as shown. Upon the wallp ate are mounted the pair of outstanding brackets 2, carrying thealining journal boxes 3, in their outer ends in which the vertical shaft4, is adapted to reciprocate. A guide post 5, is also secured betweenthe outstanding brackets parallel to the vertical shaft.

A rod 6, is secured transversely on the vertical shaft by means of thekey or set screw 7, the rod having a rearwardly extending portionterminating in a collar or sleeve 8, which has sliding engagement on theguide post. The forward extended end of the rod serves as a crank pinfor reciprocating the vertical shaft, a connecting rod 9, having its oneend engaged upon the crank pin and its opposite end connected to thecrank lever 10, which is mounted upon the main or driving shaft 11. Thisdriving shaft may be either a rotatable or a rock shaft, and the latterconstruction is illustrated in the drawings as being the preferred form.Thus as the driving shaft rocks, the crank lever and connecting rodimpart a vertical reciprocating motion to the vertical shaft. The mainshaft may be driven by any suitable power and a number of the pressersmay be operated in series from the main shaft. The shaft may be causedto reciprocate from the main driving shaft by means of any othersuitable connection such as an eccentric and eccentric strap, a lever orother connection. The washer 12 and securing bolt 13, serve to hold theconnecting rod in position upon the crank A table or other horizontalsupport 14, is arranged beneath the vertical shaft, and mounted on saidtable are the vertical standards 15. These standards are in the form offlat upstanding plates having their upper ends rounded to the propercurvature for the ends of the mittens. Angular brackets 16, serve tosecure the base of the standards upon the table.

A rectangular plate 17, is secured upon the lower end of thereciprocating shaft by means of the nut 18, or other fastening means,and secured to said plate, are the supporting cross bars 19. Dependingfrom said cross bars are the rods or posts 20, to the journaled in thejournal blocks, the rollers being located so as to pass down over thestandards on each side thereof. The standards may be of slightly wedgeor tapering construction if desired to insure a close fit of therollers. The journal blocks each have a boss or neck extension 26, ontheir outward sides, in which are secured the adjusting bolt rods 27,said bolt rods extending through the side members of the frame andhaving adjusting nuts 28, on their outer extended ends, so that byadjusting the bolt rods, the journal boxes for the rollers may beshifted and the rollers be properly spaced in the frame. Springs 29, maybe confined between the roller journal boxes and the side members of theframe to cause the rollers to exert the proper pressure on the standardsor formers. Two or more standards may be employed in connection witheach machine and one of these standards may be made larger than theother as shown to accommodate articles of different sizes. The stand.-ards or formers may also be mounted upon the table or support in suchmanner as to be readily detached therefrom to permit the substitution offormers of different size and shape.

In operation the mittens are placed over the standards, and as the mainshaft revolves, by means of the connections described, the verticalshaft is caused to reciprocate carrying with it the presser rolls whichpass down over the standards, forcing the mittens downward over thestandards. The ends of the mittens are thereby rounded to the curvatureof the formers and are flattened out to proper shape for packing. Themittens are thus pressed and shaped by the single reciprocating actionof the rollers over the formers. By altering the shape of the formers,other articles may be pressed and shaped in the same manner.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the operation and advantages of my improved pressing device will bereadily understood and appreciated, and it will further be evident thatI have produced such a device which fully and satisfactorilyaccomplishes all the results herein set forth as the objects of myinvention.

I claim:

1. A presser comprising standards of de-.

mounted co-acting rolls journaled in the frame to pass on each side ofthe formers.

3. A pressing machine comprising flat upright formers, a reciprocatingshaft, means for operating said shaft, a frame carried by i the shaft,and coacting presser'rolls journaled in the frame and adapted to passdown over the formers.

4. The combination with a reciprocating shaft and means for operatingthe same, of formers, a frame carried by the shaft, and coacting presserrolls adjustably' mounted in the frame and adapted to engage theformers.

5. A mitten shaping machine comprising formers, a reciprocating memberand a frame carried thereby, journal blocks slidably mounted in theframe, springs tending to force the journal blocks together, and coacting rolls mounted in the journal blocks to engage the formers.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANSOM S. LEWVIS.

Witnesses:

MYERs B. Lnwrs, J. W. MARTIN.

